Possibilities of the exposure reduction of hands during the preparation and application of radiopharmaceuticals
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/68407700:21460/16:00306640
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4149/BLL_2016_081" target="_blank" >10.4149/BLL_2016_081</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Possibilities of the exposure reduction of hands during the preparation and application of radiopharmaceuticals
Original language description
The current routinely used methods of estimating the skin equivalent dose relies on the fi nger dosimetry which usually largely underestimates the real maximum exposure and thus appropriate correction factors have to be used. METHODS: The group under the investigation consisted of 10 workers preparing and 5 workers administering radiopharmaceuticals labelled with 18F. The monitoring was carried out using 12 pairs of thermoluminiscent dosimeters (TLDs) placed on each hand of the worker. A total of 46 measurements were completed. The maximum exposure of the skin of hands, defi ned in terms of the quantity of the personal dose equivalent Hp(0.07), was related to the unit activity of radiopharmaceutical with which the worker came into the contact during the measurement. RESULTS: The exposure of the hands of workers handling 18F-labelled radiopharmaceuticals showed signifi - cant inhomogeneity. Out of 15 workers, in 53 % of cases, the maximum skin exposure was observed on the tip of their index fi nger. It was estimated that in about 60 % of the cases (during the preparation and administration of radiopharmaceuticals), the exposure may exceed the 3/10 of the annual dose limit. Moreover, in 40 % of all cases, the exposure may even be higher than this dose limit. The established relevant correction factors reached the values up to 8 (as for preparations) and 13 (as for administrations). CONCLUSIONS: The study resulted in the establishment of the appropriate correction factors and in the recommendations of procedures aimed at the further reduction of the exposure of extremities
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AQ - Safety and health protection, safety in operating machinery
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Bratislava Medical Journal
ISSN
0006-9248
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
117
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
SK - SLOVAKIA
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
413-417
UT code for WoS article
000384764100009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85015092569